Yeah, that's satan's way, right when we are trying to get over something the opportunity for falling back in is EVERYWHERE. Where did all this shit come from?_________________Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. -- Frederick Douglass

Yeah, that's satan's way, right when we are trying to get over something the opportunity for falling back in is EVERYWHERE. Where did all this shit come from?

I think the effort and focus devoted to "fixing" habits is what keeps thoughts about them at the forefront. Being in a state of war against bad habits is just as surely a form of bondage as being a slave to them._________________"To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others."
- Anne-Sophie Swetchine

If you're trying to kick something, something really addictive, war is pretty much all you have. You kind of need to think of it that way._________________"You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?"

Yeah, that's satan's way, right when we are trying to get over something the opportunity for falling back in is EVERYWHERE. Where did all this shit come from?

I think the effort and focus devoted to "fixing" habits is what keeps thoughts about them at the forefront. Being in a state of war against bad habits is just as surely a form of bondage as being a slave to them.

The more you think about not doing/wanting it the more you're reminded how much you really love/like it.

Not quite true. We're designed as basically reciprocally altruistic animals (with a very large margin of adaptation), so while we will behave in a hell of a lot more "immoral" ways if society falls apart, there will still be some lingering tendencies to be "good"._________________

Not quite true. We're designed as basically reciprocally altruistic animals (with a very large margin of adaptation), so while we will behave in a hell of a lot more "immoral" ways if society falls apart, there will still be some lingering tendencies to be "good".

I'm sure there will be those of us that do cling to that moral foundation... albeit very few.